When I saw that I almost threw up in my mouth. I took a graduate course in Optimization and the math was more hardcore than anything I have ever had, and a very brief introduction to Game Theory was included as a bonus lecture at the end lol. However I just looked at the description of that class and it looks like they are taking all of the math out of it and gearing it towards undergrads. An actual mathematical Game Theory class would be a graduate level pure math class. If you have seen Beautiful Mind, that is the mathematician who invented it.

We had to watch Beautiful Mind in my grad econ class. good movie. Russel Crowe i think?

When I saw that I almost threw up in my mouth. I took a graduate course in Optimization and the math was more hardcore than anything I have ever had, and a very brief introduction to Game Theory was included as a bonus lecture at the end lol. However I just looked at the description of that class and it looks like they are taking all of the math out of it and gearing it towards undergrads. An actual mathematical Game Theory class would be a graduate level pure math class. If you have seen Beautiful Mind, that is the mathematician who invented it.

We had to watch Beautiful Mind in my grad econ class. good movie. Russel Crowe i think?

Yeah Crowe. A good movie, movies about crazy mathematicians are pretty rare.

When I saw that I almost threw up in my mouth. I took a graduate course in Optimization and the math was more hardcore than anything I have ever had, and a very brief introduction to Game Theory was included as a bonus lecture at the end lol. However I just looked at the description of that class and it looks like they are taking all of the math out of it and gearing it towards undergrads. An actual mathematical Game Theory class would be a graduate level pure math class. If you have seen Beautiful Mind, that is the mathematician who invented it.

Well John Nash didn't exactly invent Game Theory, it had been around for years before his dissertation, usually credited to Von Neumann and Morgenstern's work. Nash is famous for his theory on equilibria in games, which is explained completely wrong in the movie

IrishEyes wrote:You want nerd alert... they have a class on Greek and Roman Mythology. I am freaking in!

I love that stuff, but there's too much reading for my current schedule.

I'm taking some stuff relevant to my work. Signed up for 3 courses.

Gamification - Aug through early OctThink Again: How to Reason and Argue (LGP related?) - Dec through FebA Beginner's Guide to Irrational Behavior - April through mid May

This is pretty cool. Interested in seeing how the courses are. Basically a structured way for me to keep up with business stuff.

I did also sign up for An Introduction to Operations Management. I'm hoping it will help me do better in the management part of my job. Sounded interesting, anyway.

I put that one on my list. Depends how gamification is going. If I can handle both, I will. The Gamification one should be fairly easy for me since I know what it is and use it regularly. If I end up doing the Ops Management, I'll bug you for lecture notes. Ha!

bhaw wrote:I put that one on my list. Depends how gamification is going. If I can handle both, I will. The Gamification one should be fairly easy for me since I know what it is and use it regularly. If I end up doing the Ops Management, I'll bug you for lecture notes. Ha!

This is really fantastic. I went to school for MIS and through 4 years on a dead-end project feel like I've lost pretty much anything I learned. Taking some of these along with some brush-up stuff will help me feel way better when trying to interview for new jobs.

When I saw that I almost threw up in my mouth. I took a graduate course in Optimization and the math was more hardcore than anything I have ever had, and a very brief introduction to Game Theory was included as a bonus lecture at the end lol. However I just looked at the description of that class and it looks like they are taking all of the math out of it and gearing it towards undergrads. An actual mathematical Game Theory class would be a graduate level pure math class. If you have seen Beautiful Mind, that is the mathematician who invented it.

Well John Nash didn't exactly invent Game Theory, it had been around for years before his dissertation, usually credited to Von Neumann and Morgenstern's work. Nash is famous for his theory on equilibria in games, which is explained completely wrong in the movie

My favorite part is in a special feature, where Ron Howard is asking Nash about the Nash Equilibrium and Game Theory. Nash, at a chalkboard, had done no more than define the dependent variable and the independent variable, and Howard's mind was blown about how brilliant it was.

When I saw that I almost threw up in my mouth. I took a graduate course in Optimization and the math was more hardcore than anything I have ever had, and a very brief introduction to Game Theory was included as a bonus lecture at the end lol. However I just looked at the description of that class and it looks like they are taking all of the math out of it and gearing it towards undergrads. An actual mathematical Game Theory class would be a graduate level pure math class. If you have seen Beautiful Mind, that is the mathematician who invented it.

Well John Nash didn't exactly invent Game Theory, it had been around for years before his dissertation, usually credited to Von Neumann and Morgenstern's work. Nash is famous for his theory on equilibria in games, which is explained completely wrong in the movie

My favorite part is in a special feature, where Ron Howard is asking Nash about the Nash Equilibrium and Game Theory. Nash, at a chalkboard, had done no more than define the dependent variable and the independent variable, and Howard's mind was blown about how brilliant it was.

Started the Algorithm one last night. So far so good. One thing I do not like compared to lectures in youtube, is that it is a lot more dry. When filming an actual lecture there is more interaction with the students (which can be good and bad, but mostly good in my experience), and more showmanship from the professor because of this.